Game board



Patented July 15, 1924.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM F. BAKER, OF WAYNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAME BOARD.

Application filed September 9, 1921. Serial No. 499,410.

T 0 IZ? whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. BAKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at lllayne, in the county ofv Delaware, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Game Board, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists of a game board, which is composed of a card orsheet of suitable material forming a board, in which are perforationsand on which are numerals adjacent to said perforations and somewhatloop-like members of fibrous or other pliable material having legs,which are adapted to be passed through said perforations and turnedagainst the rear of said board, so as to retain the loop-like members inposition, said legs, which'lare concealed from the front being ofvarying colors, the game being played by drawing out the loop-likemembers from the board, and the one who secures the largest number ofmembers whose legs are of the same color and the largest score accordingto the numerals thereof, wins the game.

It consists also of a cover located on the rear of the card and attachedthereto for concealing the colored legs of the loop-like members andassisting to retain the latter in position.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing,but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it isto be understood that the invention is not limited to the specificdetails shown and described, as long as they are within the spirit orscope of the claims.

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a game board embodying myinvention. Figure 2 represents a rear elevation thereof. Figure 3represents a vertical section of e portion on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 represents eleva-tions of a number of loop-like membersemployed detached from the board` Figure 5 represents a side elevationof one of said members, on an enlarged scale.

Figure 6 represents a perspective view of one of said members detachedfrom the board, but in the condition when on the board.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates a sheet or plate which may beformed of paste-board, card-board, or other suitable material and whichI will denominate hereafter as a board.

On the rear of this sheet 1 is a backing 2, which may be formed of thesame material and is secured thereto by the string 3 passed through thebacking and sheet or other suitable means.

On the face of the sheet are perforations 4c and on the sheet adjacentto the latter are printed or otherwise marked numbers in rows, say l to20, 21 to 30, 31 to 40, as many as may be desired.

5 designates loop-like members which are formed of pieces of cords offibrous or other material, bent for a portion of their lengths towardseach other forming the legs 6, the ends of which are disconnected. Theselegs are passed through the perforations 4 and disposed against the rearof the board 1 and held thereagainst by the pressure of the backing 2,while the faces of said members rest flat on the outer face of the board1, and they only are exposed to be seen and grasped by players of thegame, which is not the case with the legs.

The latter are painted or dyed in various colors as at 7, some of thembeing unpainted or undyed as at 8, so as to retain the natural color ofthe card, which may be white, but the portions of all of the cards onthe outer face of the board are of the same color, which may be white,but this gives no intiw mation of the colors of the legs of the memberswhich are concealed between the board and backing, as has been stated.

In playing the game, a player draws out successively the loop-likemembers, as they may elect, the colors of the legs of which beingunknown to them owing to the concealment of said legs, as has beenstated. Then the one who has withdrawn the largest numbers of loop-likemembers whose legs are of the same color, or who scores the largestaggregate of the numerals on the board at the perforations of withdrawnmembers, wins the game.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a game board, a board and loop-like members of fibrous material,which latter are adapted to be passed through the former, said membershaving legs of varying characteristics which are disposed upon the rearof said board and bent Jfor e portion of their length toward each otherand held concealed there.

2. In a gaine board, ey board hating perforations therein., numerals onthe board adjacent to said perforattionsa and loop-like members ofAbrous materiel having legs of varying colors, which legs are passedthrough said perforetions end disposed. upon the rear of seid board andbent for a portion of their length toward each other7 and means forholding said legs in position 'and concealing them.

3. A game board consisting of e board having pertoretions therein7numerals on said board adjacent seid pertorations and loop-like membersof fibrous material having their ends disconnected Jforming legs whichere adapted to be passed throughsaid pertorations and disposed upon therea-1' of said board and bent for a portion of their length towardeatch'othein7 said legs being ariously colored, and a backing plate onthe rear of seid board secured to the same and adapted to hold said legsin position and conceal the saine. o

l WILLIAM F. BAKER. 'Vitne'sses l JOHN A. Nnrnnnsnnsn M. E. BYRNE.

